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32852. Adrian, Edgar Douglas, 1889-1977. The physical background of perception. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1947, 95pp., very good blue cloth, previous owner's stamp: D. H. Howes, $15
First edition. The Waynflete lectures, 1946. Delivered in the College of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, in Hilary term.


15874. Asami, Y. / Higasi, K., ed.. Molecular Structure and Related Problems. Sapporo, Japan: Research Institute of Applied Electricity, Hokkaido University, 1954, 139pp., very good sewn paper wraps, slight wear, $35
Monograph Series of the Research Institute of Applied Electricity, No. 4 (1954). Contributors include: Kubo, Kurita, Kimura, Nagakura, Higasi, Nukasawa, Baba, Kakiuchi, Yokozawa, Hirota, Odajima.


8099. Behm, Hans Wolfgang. Planetentod und Lebenswende. Urgeschichtliche Betrachtung zum kommenden naturforschlich deutbaren Weltbild. Mit 85 Abbildungen usw.. Leipzig: R. Voigtländer Verlag, 1926, 365pp., decorated blue cloth, cover faded, edge worn in a couple of places, generally very good, $15
History of the earth, genetics, evolution, climate. Der Pendulationsgedanke, Katastrophenlehre.


18455. Berg, Bengt. Die Liebesgeschichte einer Wildgans. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, 1934, later printing, 144pp., good gray cloth, some foxing on covers and endpapers, cover darkened, $12
Photos of wild geese throughout.


25896. Bölsche, Wilhelm, 1861-1939. Stirb und werde! Naturwissenschaftliche und kulturelle Plaudereien. Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1913, Erstes bis sechstes Tausend, 324pp., good illustrated brown cloth, but cover darkened, some heavy foxing, $25
17 essays including: Gibt es eine Vererbung erworbener Eigenschaften? - Was macht unsere Schule mit dem angeborenen Talent? - Wie und warum soll man Naturwissenschaft ins Volk tragen? - Ist gegenseitige Hilfe ein Grundprinzip der organischen Entwicklung?.


Digitale Bibliothek 76. Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884. Brehms Tierleben. Kolorierte Originalausgabe - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, , cd-rom for pc (or mac with free software download), text in German, cd-rom of massive illustrated reference work on the animal world, $59
3-89853-176-7. Digitale Bibliothek 76.Digital version of the 10 volume 2d edition of 1882-1887. Contains all texts, complete from this edition, with over 2000 illustrations. ISBN 3898531767. Out of print in this form / beim Verlag vergriffen. ISBN 3898531767


22299. Christmann, Fritz. Biologische Kausalität: eine Untersuchung zur Überwindung des Gegensatzes: Mechanismus-Vitalismus. Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) 1928, 111pp., very good sewn paper wraps, pages uncut, fresh copy, $40
Heidelberger Abhandlungen zur Philosophie und ihrer Geschichte ; 16.


25831. Curtis, Elizabeth W.. Bermuda - a floral sampler. Illustrations by Diana Amos. Canada: T. H. Best Printing Co., 1978, A New Edition, 54pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, INSCRIBED on title page by Elizabeth Curtis to Dr. von Pirquet. $29
Laid in also: a very grateful greeting card from the author to Dr von Pirquet thanking him and presenting the book. - Lovingly illustrated volume introducing and describing the flowers of Bermuda.


4578. Drews, Jürgen and Fritz Melchers. Forschung bei Roche / Research at Roche. Rückblick und Ausblick. Für Fritz Gerber zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstag, 22. März 1989. Contributors: Arber, Brenner, Clough, Drews, Eigen, Hinzen, Kuntzman, Melchers, Pletscher, Udaka, Weissbach, Weissmann. Vorwort Paul Sacher. Basel: Editiones Roche, 1989, 325pp., very good large gray hardcover, $24
Extravagant publication, Festschrift for executive at Hoffmann-La Roche. Essays on research, molecular biology, gene technology.


24308. Eldredge, Niles. The miner’s canary : unraveling the mysteries of extinction. London: Virgin Books, 1992, xviii, 250pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $10
First published in 1991. ISBN 18522747557


71167. Elsasser, Walter M., 1904-1991. The chief abstractions of biology. Amsterdam : North-Holland Pub. Co., New York : American Elsevier Pub. Co., 1975, 261pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, some foxing inside front and rear covers, Errata slip laid in, publisher's advertising brochure laid in, INSCRIBED by Walter. $150
An entry with comments and photo of the book in my PDF-catalog: 20th Century Physics and Mathematics. ISBN 0444107932


23960. Frisch, Karl von, 1886-1982. Biologie. München: Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag, 1952-1953, 1952, 191, 201pp., two volumes, very good yellow 1/4 cloth, previous owner's label, $25
Austrian-born zoologist, winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize along with Konrad Lorenz. Best known for his work on how bees communicate.


7938. Frisch, Karl von, 1886-1982. Du und das Leben. Eine moderne Biologie für Jedermann. Mit 4 farbigen Tafeln und 212 Zeichnungen im Text. Berlin: Ullstein, 1937, 9.- 12. Tausend, 354pp., blue cloth, boards slightly warped, cloth worn and frayed at spine extremities, used copy, $20
.


6679. Goll, Reinhard. Der Evolutionismus. Analyse eines Grundbegriffs neuzeitlichen Denkens. München: C.H. Beck, 1972, 140pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $15
Includes a chapter on American anthropology: Boas and Kroeber. ISBN 3406024904


20919. Gundel, Max, 1901-. Die Typenlehre in der Mikrobiologie, ihre Grundlagen und ihre Bedeutung für die Epidemiologie, Klinik und Therapie. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1934, viii, 192pp., very good brown cloth, but ex-library copy with discrete spine tape and NS era stamp of Leipzig Veterinary Institute, otherwise clean and attractive copy, $25
.


22893. Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919. The evolution of man. A popular scientific study. Human Embryology or Ontogeny. Transtated from the 5th (enlarged) edition by Joseph McCabe. New York, P. Eckle, publisher, no date, around 1906, xiii, 364pp., very good brown cloth, printed in two columns, illustrated throughout, with index, $25
.


24189. Honoré, R. P.. La Culture du Pommier dans la province de Québec. Institut Agricole d'Oka, 1932, 252pp., very good green cloth, illustrated throughout with black and white photos and sketches, $20
Les Manuels du Cultivateur Canadien, Contributions de l'Institut Agricole d'Oka, No. 32.


8836. Huettner, Alfred F.. Fundamentals of comparative embryology of the vertebrates. New York: Macmillan, 1949, revised edition, xviii, 309pp., very good blue cloth, edgeworn, $19
First published 1941.


23351. Hundert, Edward M.. Lessons from an optical illusion : on nature and nurture, knowledge and values. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995, xiv, 258pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $11
. ISBN 067454540X


17086. Itzkoff, Seymour W.. The form of man: the evolutionary origins of human intelligence. Ashfield, Mass.: Paideia Publishers, 1983, 336pp. , [8]pp. of plates : ill. . 22 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good cloth, $11
Evolution of human intelligence, 1. ISBN 091399300X


17598. J. Speed Rogers / Theodore H. Hubbell / C. Francis Byers. Man and the biological world. New York, London, McGraw-Hill book company, inc. 1942,, First edition, 6th impression, x, 607pp. illus., diagrs. 24 cm, good but worn gray cloth with pencil underlining on a number of pages and notes on endpapers, $10
.


33799. Jacob, François, 1920-. La souris, la mouche et l'homme. Paris : Odile Jacob, 1997, 236pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $15
. ISBN 273810410X


Digitale Bibliothek 138. Jahn, Ilse, Hrsg.. Geschichte der Biologie. Theorien, Methoden, Institutionen, Kurzbiographien - cd-rom. Unter Mitwirkung von Erika Krauße, Rolf Löther, Hans Querner, Isolde Schmidt, Konrad Senglaub. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $36
Digitale Bibliothek 138.A history of biology, also includes 1600 biographies of scientists, 227 illustrations, and 238 portraits. Digital edition, easy to search, easy to print out sections, based on the 3d expanded book edition of 2000. ISBN 389853538X


48325. Jahn, Ilse, Hrsg.. Geschichte der Biologie. Theorien, Methoden, Institutionen, Kurzbiographien - cd-rom. Unter Mitwirkung von Erika Krauße, Rolf Löther, Hans Querner, Isolde Schmidt, Konrad Senglaub. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $36
Digitale Bibliothek 138.A history of biology, also includes 1600 biographies of scientists, 227 illustrations, and 238 portraits. Digital edition, easy to search, easy to print out sections, based on the 3d expanded book edition of 2000. ISBN 389853538X


29327. Janovy, John, 1937-. On Becoming a Biologist. New York: Harper & Row, 1986, xii, 160pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $5
Perennial Library, PL1363. ISBN 0060913630


33347. Johnson, Curtis C., ed.. Biological Effects of electromagnetic waves. Edited by Curtis C. Johnson and Moris L. Shore. Rockville/Md: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Food and Drug , Administration Bureau, 1976, XII,494, XII,461pp., large PAPERBACK, two large volumes, worn around edges, ex-library with stamps and pocket of the Raytheon Division Library, call numbers in ink on spine, $35
Selected papers of the USNC/URSI annual meeting, Boulder, Colo., Oct. 20-23, 1975. Edited by Curtis C. Johnson and Moris L. Shore. HEW Publication. (FDA) 77-8010/8011.


22626. Kinsbourne, Marcel, ed.. Asymmetrical function of the brain. Edited by Marcel Kinsbourne. Cambridge . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978, x, 581pp.: ill. 24 cm, very good dust-jacket with a few minor tears, very good black cloth, $35
. ISBN 0521214815


14178. Koenig, Emil, 1865-1931. Das Wesen der Fortpflanzung. Neue Gesichtspunkte. München: Verlag Seitz & Schauer, 1906, 53pp., PAPERBACK, very good gray sewn paper wraps, fresh copy, pages uncut, $35
Includes a few passages on the state as an organism, but mostly concerned with biology.


33798. Kourilsky, Philippe. La science en partage. Paris : Odile Jacob, 1998, 254pp., PAPERBACK, very good, lightly used copy, $15
Professeur au Collège de France et à l'Institut Pasteur, membre de l'Académie des sciences. Study of media interaction with the sciences. ISBN 2738105858


19114. Léger, Maurice. Recherches sur la structure des mucorinées. Poitiers, F. Druinaud, 1896, 21plates, 151pp., very good 1/2 leather, a bit worn around edges, ex-library copy with old paper call number at top of spine, bookplates, stamps, pocket in rear, nevertheless well-preserved and attractive copy, $85
.


22190. Lohmann, Thomas. Euthanasie in der Diskussion. Zu Beiträgen aus Medizin und Theologie seit 1945. Düsseldorf: Patmos-Verlag, 1975, 1. Auflage, 248pp., PAPERBACK, very good, but some pencil notations in margins, copy of review glued to front endppaers, $35
. ISBN 3491775620


19036. Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989. Das sogenannte Böse. Zur Naturgeschichte der Aggression. Wien, Borotha-Schoeler Verlag, 1966, 17.-20. Auflage, xiv, 391pp., illus, very good dust-jacket, very good cloth, $8
.


16809. Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989. Contribution: "Über das Töten von Artgenossen" essay in. Jahrbuch der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften. Göttingen: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 1955, 105-140pp., very good black 3/4 cloth, complete issue of the journal which includes this essay among others., $25
.


7957. Lorenz, Konrad / Leyhausen, Paul. Antriebe tierischen und menschlichen Verhaltens. Gesammelte Abhandlungen. München: Piper, 1968, 472pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, $15
.


19035. Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989. Das sogenannte Böse. Zur Naturgeschichte der Aggression. Wien, Borotha-Schoeler Verlag, 1969, 23.-24. Auflage, 405pp., very good dust-jacket, very good cloth, previous owner's name, $7.5
Prolog im Meer - Fortsetzung im Laboratorium - Wozu das Böse gut ist - Die Spontaneität der Aggression - Gewohnheit, Zeremonie und Zauber - Das grosse Parlament der Instinkte - Der Moral analoge Verhaltensweisen - Die anonyme Schar - Gesellschaftsordnung ohne Liebe - Die Ratten - Das Band - Predigt der Humilitas - Ecce Homo - Bekenntnis zur Hoffnung.


28911. Maas, Werner, 1921-. Gene action : a historical account. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001, xiv, 161pp., very good dust-jacket, very good brown cloth, three remainder stripes on bottom foredge, $17
"The Classical Period, 1860-1940," "One Gene-One Enzyme [Hypothesis], 1900-1953," "How Genes Determine Protein Structure, 1953- 1965," "Regulation of Gene Action," and "In the Aftermath of the Operon Model, 1965-2000." JACKET TEXT: "Werner Maas has been part of the tidal movement of molecular biology since he was a graduate student in genetics at Columbia, almost 60 years ago. Informed by that close involvement, he has gone far beyond it recounting the intricate story of gene action, with its innumerable actors and several Nobel Prizes. We get insightful glimpses into such personalities as Jacques Monod, François Jacob, George Beadle, Leo Szilard, Bernard Davis, and many others" (Joshua Lederberg). ISBN 0195141318


12521. Milne, Lorus J. / Margery Milne. Patterns of survival. Illustrations by Stanley Wyatt. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1967], 1967, xii, 339 p. illus. 25 cm., dust-jacket with minor wear, very good black half-cloth, slight wear, minor pencil marks on a couple of pages only, presumably by Quine, previous owner's name: W. V. Quine, $45
[Prentice-Hall series in nature and natural history] Includes photos. by Lorus and Margery Milne.


34738. Moore, P. G., ed.. The Ecology of rocky coasts : essays presented to J.R. Lewis. Edited by P.G. Moore and R. Seed. New York : Columbia University Press, 1986, xi, 467pp., very good dust-jacket, very good large, $15
Printed in Great Britain. ISBN 0231062745


31893. Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995. A history of embryology. Revised with the assistance of Arthur Hughes. New York : Abelard-Schuman, 1959, second edition, 303pp., good red cloth, corners worn, biology institute library discard stamp on front endpaper, $40
Printed in Great Britain.


20651. Ninio, Jacques. La biologie buissonnière. Paris : Seuil, 1991, 163pp., very good sewn paper wraps, $13
Science ouverte. ISBN 2020131617


15864. Pfuhl, Wilhelm. Entwicklung und Wachstum des Menschen. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1933, 108pp., very good dust-jacket with a few minor tears, very good small gray 1/4 cloth, $10
Wissenschaft und Bildung. Einzeldarstellungen aus allen Gebieten des Wissens 289. Biological development of man.


17526. Portmann, Adolf, 1897-1982. Entlässt die Natur den Menschen? Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Biologie und Anthropologie. Stuttgart: Deutscher Bücherbund, 1970, 381pp., very good dust-jacket, very good orange cloth, $25
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18769. Portmann, Adolf, 1897-1982. Zoologie und das neue Bild vom Menschen. Biologische Fragmente zu einer Lehre vom Menschen. Hamburg, Rowohlt [1959], 51.-55. Tausend, nach der 2. Auflage vom Verfasser, 144pp. illus. 19 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $7.5
Rowohlts deutsche Enzyklopädie, 20.


26708. Radford, Albert E.. Natural heritage : classification, inventory, and information. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1981, xviii, 485 p. : ill. ; 29 cm., very good dust-jacket, very good large brown cloth, light foxing on foredge, $25
Authors: Albert E. Radford, Deborah Kay Strady Otte, Lee J. Otte, Jimmy R. Massey, Paul D. Whitson, and others. "a holistic approach to … our natural diversity and heritiage" based on inventories of hundreds of natural areas and species populations in the United States. ISBN 0807814636


16721. Reinöhl, Friedrich. Vererbung und ihre Bedeutung für die Erziehung. Öhringen, F. Rau, 1943, 3te, verbesserte Auflage, 232pp. illus., ports. 25 cm, very good green paper-covered boards, $38
Schriften des Deutschen Naturkundevereins Based on articles which originally appeared in "Aus der Heimat," 1926-1933.


48307. Reitter, Edmund. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Neusatz und Faksimile der 5-bändigen Ausgabe Stuttgart 1908 bis 1916. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $39
Digitale Bibliothek 134.The author was one of the most comprehensive collectors of his time, his collection today forms the basis for the insect collection in the Budapest Museum of Natural History. Here the digital version in both facsimile and searchable text, with 168 color plates and the complete text, of his 5-volume work, covering 350,000 items. Also includes Sigmund Schenklings "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter‘s Fauna Germanica". ISBN 3898535347


Digitale Bibliothek 134. Reitter, Edmund. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches - cd-rom. Neusatz und Faksimile der 5-bändigen Ausgabe Stuttgart 1908 bis 1916. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $39
Digitale Bibliothek 134.The author was one of the most comprehensive collectors of his time, his collection today forms the basis for the insect collection in the Budapest Museum of Natural History. Here the digital version in both facsimile and searchable text, with 168 color plates and the complete text, of his 5-volume work, covering 350,000 items. Also includes Sigmund Schenklings "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter‘s Fauna Germanica". ISBN 3898535347


33262. Rensch, Bernhard, 1900-1990. Biophilosophy. Translated by C. A. M. Sym. Foreword by Theodosius Dobzhansky. New York, Columbia University Press, 1971, xi, 377pp., very good red cloth, $15
Translation of Biophilosophie auf erkenntnistheoretischer Grundlage (1968). Rensch was Director of the Institute of Zoology at the University of Münster. ISBN 023103299X


3948. Robbins, William Jacob, 1890-1978. Growth. New Haven: Yale University Press. London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928, xiii, 189pp., very good green cloth, $12
"Lectures ... delivered under the auspices of the Missouri chapter of the Sigma Xi during the academic year 1925-1926 " -- Preface. Contributions by Clarence Martin Jackson, Charles Wilson Greene, Samuel Brody, Albert Garland Hogan.


20853. Rosnay, Joël de. Les chemins de la vie. Paris : Seuil, 1983, 189pp., PAPERBACK, very good, nicely INSCRIBED by de Rosnay. $29
"Trente-six des chroniques ici présentées ont été écrites pour le magazine l'Expansion. La trente-septième, "Un homme honorable" a paru dans Le Nouvel Observateur". ISBN 202006412X


24049. Rostand, Jean, 1894-. Les grands courants de la biologie. [Paris] Gallimard, 1961, later printing, 272pp., very good sewn paper wraps, $11
L’Avenir de la science, 32.


28626. Roux, Wilhelm, 1850-1924. Über kausale und konditionale Weltanschauung und deren Stellung zur Entwicklungsmechanik. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1913, 66pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good but with mild fold mark on front cover and first few pages, previous owner's name in pencil on front cover: Schaxel, stamp on front cover: Mit Empfehlung von Wilh. Roux. $175
Appears to be a complimentary copy sent from author Roux to biologist Schaxel.


18620. Ruhland, Wilhelm / Pirson, A.. Encyclopedia of plant physiology / Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie. Band V. Die Co2-Assimilation. Volume V. The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide. Teil I und Teil 2 / Part One and Part Two. Berlin, Springer, 1960, 1013, 868pp., dust-jacket worn around edges with a few minor tears, two large volumes, good but worn large blue cloth, some foxing, a few scattered pencil notations, previous owner's red ink ideogram on foredge, $75
Contributions in German or English. Volume Five parts one and two.


33581. Sarasin, Philipp, 1956-. Reizbare Maschinen : eine Geschichte des Körpers 1765-1914. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 2001, Originalausgabe, 509pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy, cover worn, $22
Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft, 1524. ISBN 3518291246


Digitale Bibliothek 140. Scherf, Gertrud, Hrsg.. Wörterbuch Biologie - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $19
Digitale Bibliothek 140.The basic concepts of biology explained in over 4500 keyword entries. Digital edition based on the book edition of 1997, dtv. Out of print in this form / beim Verlag vergriffen. ISBN 3898535401


48320. Scherf, Gertrud, Hrsg.. Wörterbuch Biologie - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $19
Digitale Bibliothek 140.The basic concepts of biology explained in over 4500 keyword entries. Digital edition based on the book edition of 1997, dtv. ISBN 3898535401


71020. Schmitt, Francis Otto, 1903-1995, ed.. Macromolecular specificity and biological memory. Cambridge, Mass., M.I.T. Press, 1962, 119pp., very good dust-jacket, small tear at top, light wear, very good blue hardcover, INSCRIBED : to *** by Frank Schmitt / 16 July 1962. $150
For comments and a photo of the book see my PDF-CATALOG: 20th CENTURY PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS. Contains 25 short essays by various authors.


35041. Shettles, Landrum B., 1909-. Ovum humanum: growth, maturation, nourishment, fertilization, and early development. With 64 figures and 1 Colored Plate. New York, Hafner Publishing Company, 1960, viii, 79pp., very good green cloth, $35
2-page historical introduction by Harold speert, M. D. - Text and Plates on facing pages, with the descriptive texts in German, French, and English.


17157. Simon, Michael A.. The matter of life. Philosophical problems of biology. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1971, xi, 258pp. 22 cm, very good dust-jacket, chipped at top front cover, very good cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $15
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26684. Slater, Eliot. Man, Mind, and Heredity: Selected Papers of Eliot Slater on Psychiatry and Genetics. Edited by James Shields and Irving I. Gottesman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971, 405pp., very good dust-jacket, very good large blue cloth, $12
. ISBN 080181118X


71028. Tauber, Alfred I., 1947-, ed.. Organism and the origins of self. Dordrecht, Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1991, xix, 384pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, $125
For comments and a photo of the book see my PDF-CATALOG: 20th CENTURY PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS. Boston studies in the philosophy of science, volume 129. ISBN 079231185X


31753. Thom, René, 1923-. Stabilité structurelle et morphogénèse: essai d’une théorie générale des modèles. Reading, Massachusetts: W. A. Benjamin, 1972, 362pp., very good dust-jacket, lamination loosening near spine, very good gray cloth, errata slip laid in, $45
"Advanced Book Program". 4-page preface in English by C.H. Waddington. ISBN 0805392726


20380. Van Dersal, William R.. Native Woody Plants of the United States. Their Erosion-Control and Wildlife Values. Washington, U.S. Govt. print. off., 1938, ii, 362pp. 44 pl. on 22 l., 3 fold. maps (2 in pocket) 24 cm, very good green cloth, with pocket of two maps and charts in back (first map or "figure one" is in main section of book), $85
United States. Dept. of agriculture. Miscellaneous publication no. 303.


35471. Bergmann, Ernst / Speakman, H. B. / Ipatieff, Vladimir N.. Excerpted section: "Part Four: The Scientist". from: Meyer W. Weisgal, ed. Chaim Weizmann, statesman, scientist, builder of the Jewish commonwealth. New York: Dial Press, 255-291pp., unbound extracted pages from the book, $7.5
Three essays from the book: Ernst Bergmann, Scientific Research and Social Consciousness - H. B. Speakman, Weizmann's Contribution to Microbiology - Vladimir N. Ipatieff, Investigations of Polycyclic Compounds.


7901. Wichler, Gerhard. Charles Darwin. Der Forscher und der Mensch. München: Ernst Reinhardt, 1963, 240pp., very good dust-jacket, very good red cloth, spine title faded, $20
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